Fasciculation

A fasciculation is a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction visible under the skin arising from the spontaneous discharge of a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers. Fasciculations have a variety of causes, the majority of which are benign, but can also be due to disease of the motor neurons. (From the Wikpedia article Fasciculation.)

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Recent Publications on Fasciculation:
Robo-2 controls the segregation of a portion of basal vomeronasal sensory neuron axons to the posterior region of the accessory olfactory bulb. The ability of sensory systems to detect and process information from the...	13th November, 2009	Montreal Neurological Institute, Centre for Neuronal Survival, Montreal,	J Neurosci. 2009 Nov 11;29(45):14211-22. DOI Direct Link
Semaphorin 3F is a bifunctional guidance cue for dopaminergic axons and controls their fasciculation, channeling, rostral growth, and intracortical targeting. Dopaminergic neurons in the mesodiencephalon (mdDA neurons) make precise...	11th November, 2009	Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of	J Neurosci. 2009 Oct 7;29(40):12542-57. DOI Direct Link
Drosophila cortex and neuropile glia influence secondary axon tract growth, pathfinding, and fasciculation in the developing larval brain. Glial cells play important roles in the developing brain during axon...	3rd November, 2009	Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of	Dev Biol. 2009 Oct 15;334(2):355-68. Epub 2009 Jul 29. DOI Direct Link
[Differential involuntary muscle movement diagnosis] Involuntary electromyographic (EMG) activity has only been analyzed in the...	29th October, 2009	Klinik und Poliklinik fur Innere Medizin, Universitatsspital Zurich,	Praxis (Bern 1994). 2009 Sep 9;98(18):985-94; quiz 994. DOI Direct Link
Prenatal identification of a novel R937P L1CAM missense mutation. The L1 cell adhesion molecule (L1CAM) is a protein encoded by a gene that...	27th October, 2009	Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and	Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2009 Aug;13(4):515-9. DOI Direct Link
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Fasciculation Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7273888	Use of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
7371896	Tetrafluorobenzyl derivatives and pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating acute and chronic neurodegenerative diseases in central nervous system containing the same
7375184	PRO1382 polypeptides
7381800	Antibodies to HBIMF63 polypeptide
7390634	.beta.-netrin and uses thereof
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